ETF comparison
AVDE vs EFA
Both International Developed.
Holdings overlap
592 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AVDE and EFA would leave roughly 42.8% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
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Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
AVDE is 9 bps cheaper than EFA. On a $100,000 position that's about $90/yr more in fees for EFA.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with AVDE vs EFA.
Top shared holdings
592 shared in total| # | Holding | In AVDE | In EFA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roche Holding AG | 0.94% | 1.39% | 0.94% |
| 2 | Safran SA | 0.52% | 0.61% | 0.52% |
| 3 | UBS Group AG | 0.50% | 0.76% | 0.50% |
| 4 | Allianz SE | 0.50% | 0.86% | 0.50% |
| 5 | Deutsche Telekom AG | 0.49% | 0.48% | 0.48% |
| 6 | AstraZeneca PLC | 0.48% | 1.17% | 0.48% |
| 7 | SoftBank Group Corp | 0.47% | 0.52% | 0.47% |
| 8 | TotalEnergies SE | 0.46% | 0.79% | 0.46% |
| 9 | Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC | 0.44% | 0.76% | 0.44% |
| 10 | Infineon Technologies AG | 0.42% | 0.42% | 0.42% |
| 11 | BNP Paribas SA | 0.42% | 0.57% | 0.42% |
| 12 | Zurich Insurance Group AG | 0.40% | 0.52% | 0.40% |
Only in AVDE
2,704 total- ASML Holding NV 1.31%
- Shell PLC 0.83%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 0.81%
- BHP Group Ltd 0.59%
- Novartis AG 0.54%
- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA 0.52%
- BP PLC 0.48%
- Celestica Inc 0.46%
- Toyota Motor Corp 0.46%
- ING Groep NV 0.41%
Only in EFA
82 total- ASML Holding N.V. 2.90%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.66%
- Novartis AG 1.30%
- SHELL PLC 1.17%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 1.08%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.97%
- Banco Santander, S.A. 0.93%
- SAP SE 0.87%
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.81%
- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. 0.72%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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